So I just read SE's statement posted on the lodestone this morning, and I was a little bit disturbed by what I read. The full article is here, but ill paste in the relevant snippits.

Period: Aug. 24, 2013 to Sep. 5, 2013
-Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT advertisement: 518 Accounts
-Action Details: Permanent ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV
Okay, that's all well and good. I'm glad they're already banning RMT. But wait, what's that?

Among the accounts banned during our investigation, we have confirmed that many of these accounts were hacked. In order to protect your information, we please ask that you protect your Square Enix Account information. We also strongly recommend using the Square Enix Security Token to increase account protection.
Now, I'm not trying to start a thread about "don't be stupid and lose your account information", but am I the only person alarmed by the fact that if you slip up and are unlucky enough to get your account hacked by a gilseller you account is going to be banned permenantly? I've had friends back in XI that have been hacked before by gilsellers. It's enough to have to sit through the interrogation chamber with SE to just get your account back, even after it's probably been stripped of all material value. At least you won't lose all the hours you poured into leveling/quests/story/etc. With this current policy, getting hacked is a guaranteed loss of your account forever.